1908 United States presidential election in Montana explained

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The 1908 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 3, 1908, as part of the 1908 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Montana voted for the Republican nominees, Secretary of War William Howard Taft of Ohio and his running mate James S. Sherman of New York. They defeated the Democratic nominees, former U.S. Representative of Nebraska William Jennings Bryan and his running mate John W. Kern of Indiana. Taft won the state by a narrow margin of 4.37%.

Bryan had previously won Montana by large margins in both 1896 and 1900, defeating William McKinley both times.

Results

1908 United States presidential election in Montana[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	William Howard Taft	32,333	46.98%	3
	Democratic	William Jennings Bryan	29,326	42.61%	0
	Socialist	Eugene V. Debs	5,855	8.51%	0
	Prohibition	Eugene W. Chafin	827	1.20%	0
	Independence	Thomas L. Hisgen	481	0.70%	0
Totals			68,822	100.00%	3

Results by county

County	William Howard Taft Republican		William Jennings Bryan Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[2]
		%		%		%		%
	Beaverhead		878		51.95%		739		43.73%		73		4.32%		139		8.22%		1,690
	Broadwater		326		37.86%		495		57.49%		40		4.65%		-169		-19.63%		861
	Carbon		1,205		52.01%		844		36.43%		268		11.57%		361		15.58%		2,317
	Cascade		1,935		44.86%		1,888		43.77%		490		11.36%		47		1.09%		4,313
	Chouteau		1,220		54.73%		893		40.06%		116		5.20%		327		14.67%		2,229
	Custer		967		60.66%		531		33.31%		96		6.02%		436		27.35%		1,594
	Dawson		927		63.67%		439		30.15%		90		6.18%		488		33.52%		1,456
	Deer Lodge		1,377		43.67%		1,611		51.09%		165		5.23%		-234		-7.42%		3,153
	Fergus		1,529		52.43%		1,112		38.13%		275		9.43%		417		14.30%		2,916
	Flathead		1,838		49.45%		1,480		39.82%		399		10.73%		358		9.63%		3,717
	Gallatin		1,519		47.19%		1,485		46.13%		215		6.68%		34		1.06%		3,219
	Granite		369		40.46%		485		53.18%		58		6.36%		-116		-12.72%		912
	Jefferson		546		39.22%		714		51.29%		132		9.48%		-168		-12.07%		1,392
	Lewis and Clark		2,033		45.89%		2,062		46.55%		335		7.56%		-29		-0.65%		4,430
	Madison		964		46.68%		1,029		49.83%		72		3.49%		-65		-3.15%		2,065
	Meagher		495		59.57%		314		37.79%		22		2.65%		181		21.78%		831
	Missoula		1,856		46.15%		1,780		44.26%		386		9.60%		76		1.89%		4,022
	Park		1,305		50.92%		952		37.14%		306		11.94%		353		13.77%		2,563
	Powell		599		49.63%		560		46.40%		48		3.98%		39		3.23%		1,207
	Ravalli		1,045		48.09%		859		39.53%		269		12.38%		186		8.56%		2,173
	Rosebud		515		66.03%		235		30.13%		30		3.85%		280		35.90%		780
	Sanders		473		55.00%		325		37.79%		62		7.21%		148		17.21%		860
	Silver Bow		4,618		33.82%		6,255		45.80%		2,783		20.38%		-1,637		-11.99%		13,656
	Sweet Grass		526		63.76%		264		32.00%		35		4.24%		262		31.76%		825
	Teton		622		60.39%		358		34.76%		50		4.85%		264		25.63%		1,030
	Valley		843		59.12%		503		35.27%		80		5.61%		340		23.84%		1,426
	Yellowstone		1,803		56.61%		1,114		34.98%		268		8.41%		689		21.63%		3,185
Totals	32,333	46.98%	29,326	42.61%	7,163	10.41%	3,007	4.37%	68,822

See also

• United States presidential elections in Montana

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1908 Presidential General Election Results – Montana. 2018-03-19.
2. Robinson, Edgar Eugene; The Presidential Vote 1896-1932, pp. 256-261